So I was working last night with Myth2Ipod and was in the middle of transcoding a show to test it out when POOF the PVR simply shuts down on me. No power outage, nothing else in the entertainment center went down, the PVR just shut off.
<br><br>Crud, so I go and try to power it back up...no dice. Change out the power supply hoping beyond hope it's a PS failure and not something on the motherboard...no dice again.<br><br>(Tho, after testing it, that PS couldn't power up another working computer either, so I suspect the PS toasted and took something on the board with it). No idea if it's the CPU, Memory or just the board itself.
<br><br>So, here I am PVRless and having MB issues. Recently I just replaced the CPU in my main windows gaming box and now have a shiny used AMD64 3000+ laying around doing nothing. <br><br>So, long story short, new motherboard comming in, with a new Media Center Case (can't JUST replace components can we? :) ) and unfortunately a new Video Card as well (pretty much the same AGP Card I have now in PCI-E format).
<br><br><br>However, here's where my question comes in. So the prior CPU was an Intel based 2.8g 32-bit. I'm replacing that with an AMD Based 64-Bit. Obviously to take advantage of the 64 bit CPU I need a 64 bit operating System, which, happily, I can get ahold of since this is linux. The question becomes however, is there an increase in speed/stability/something worth dumping a currently working MythTV install. I would admit I'm not overly looking forward to a week's reinstallation and re-setup of the box from scratch, i've put ALOT of work into it as is, but then again, if I can get a faster/better system out of it i'm all for it.
<br><br>It is currently running FC5, if I do a re-install I'd be looking at FC6 (just to stay current).<br><br>So, to summarize the questions and add a few more:<br><br>1) Is a reinstall worth it to move from 32 bit to 64 bit?
<br>2) Are there problems with Myth on a 64 bit OS System?<br>3) When going through the installation steps will I get ahold of a 64 bit version of Myth with a 64 bit OS install? (I ask this because while i'm not a stranger to rolling my own so to speak, the ability to simply use yum or another package manager to keep myth updated is a VERY nice concept to me...). I assume if I compile my own i'd get a 64 bit wide version of Myth installed (correct me if i'm wrong), but is there an ability to get that via RPMs?
<br>4) Are there issues with FC6 or any challenges I might have to face with it that should keep me on FC5?<br><br>Anyway, just trying to get a community feel on an upgrade from FC5 to FC6 and 32-bit to 64-bit. Advice happily taken.
<br><br>Oh, I guess I should probably ask if anyone sees any issue with the system INITIALLY booting with a hardware change of a new MB and New CPU (on the old install so I can backup what I need)...I really DO NOT want to loose the myth database (i'm using the Stock RH kernel, no patches or custom kernels to screw things up).
<br><br>--Douglas Wagner<br>